'Parks and Recreation' star Aziz Ansari claims this is the exact formula TV shows use to cast minorities in order to reach a racial quota

Aziz Ansari onstage during Entertainment Weekly's first
ever "EW Fest" presented by LG OLED TV on October 24, 2015, in
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Aziz Ansari doesn't mince words when it comes to race and
Hollywood.

After screening his new Netflix series, "Master of None," at EW Fest on Saturday,
Vulture reported that the actor discussed the
lack of opportunities for minorities in Hollywood during a
post-screening Q&A.

He said he had to create his own show because no one was offering
him dynamic roles.

Aziz
Ansari played idealist government administrator Tom Haverford on
NBC's "Parks and Recreation" for seven
seasons.NBC/

"Look, if you’re a minority actor, no one would have written this
show for you. No one would have been like, 'Hey, how about
we get Aziz to do this 10-episode show and have him play this
thoughtful character.' At best they would just write something
that’s a character based on the qualities people have seen
already like Tom [Haverford]."

The reason there are so few roles in TV for minorities, Ansari
said, is that TV casts with racial quotas.

"There would never be two Indian people in one show," he
explained. "With Asian people, there can be one, but there can't
be two. Black people, there can be two, but there can't be three
because then it becomes a black show. Gay people there can be
two, women there can be two, but Asian people, Indian people,
there can be one but there can't be two."